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WINNER OF THE SAHITYA AKADEMI YUVA PURASKAR
MANU S. PILLAI

From the bestselling author of The Ivory Throne and Rebel Sultans

‘[Pillai has] a knack for excavating incidents
and figures forgotten by time.’
OPEN

‘One of the finest young historians of India.’
TIMES OF INDIA

PRAISE FOR MANU S. PILLAI

‘If there’s one thing that we should credit historian-writer Manu S. Pillai with, it’s his knack for telling a good story.’
MID-DAY

‘If history can conjure up… excitement among
the youth today, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to say Manu S. Pillai is one of the reasons why!’
DECCAN CHRONICLE

PRAISE FOR REBEL SULTANS

‘Impressive … dazzling storytelling. Pillai has employed an extraordinarily powerful imagination and a prodigious talent with words to write a genuine thriller.’
INDIAN EXPRESS

‘Provides the much-needed bridge between the isolated world of academia and wider public audience … eloquent and lucid?’
THE HINDU

‘A remarkable, daring book.’
HINDUSTAN TIMES

‘Positively racy … a fast-paced greatest hits of the
region’s medieval roller-coaster ride.’
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